Super 8 HD scan

Super 8 reel on an HD scanner in Bristol.
Womad being rescanned

A few rolls of Super 8 were scanned at Geneva Stop in Bristol. The MWA HD scanner can be set up to overscan ie to include the edges of the film which were excluded from the Deluxe scan in Soho years earlier. It’s amazing to remember that in just a few years video has transitioned from broadcast interlaced 4:3 standard definition to 16:9 HD progressive and beyond.

Taking stock of Womad

Greens Super 8 editor

A quick check of the Super 8 reels before tomorrow’s telecine/scan at Geneva Stop in Bristol showed me that Womad was shot on a couple of – well two and a bit – 50ft rolls of Agfa Moviechrome 40. I remember this as being slightly cheaper than Kodachrome with white envelopes sent to Deer Park in west London..